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Quilled Peacock

I have a small collection of quilling projects that rarely see the light of day. This is mainly due to my aversion to dust collectors. Truth be told, it's the actual dusting aspect I'm not crazy about, not that I mind collections. Therefore I usually stick to quilling fairly useful things like jewelry or wall decor, and keep the few dust magnets I've made under cover.

Lately I've been noticing the abundance of peacocks in the design world, and was reminded that I had this little silver box stowed away. The white with silver-edge paper makes for a very subtle fellow compared to the colorful peacock images we usually see, although apparently all-white, mutant peacocks do exist in nature.

A little story... I enjoy buying fresh produce at a local market that's actually a tiny, working farm right here in the heart of suburbia. I love going there, especially in the summer, because I can park in the shade of a huge, old chestnut tree. Can't find that at the supermarket!

The stone barn market is like a step back in time. A few pens for farm animals surround it, including one which houses an elderly peacock. In typical peacock fashion, he strolls around with his long tail feathers dragging in the dust. All of the sudden though, he's been known to let out a crazy-loud shriek, startling shoppers. Up and out go his bright array of feathers - full of surprises, that peacock!

Comments

Since licensing the peacock image reproduced for me in custom hand-embroidery (available through my company Transformational Threads), I too have begun noticing a proliferation of peacocks, perhaps because of their great color opportunities. A friend just opened a new show of bird paintings in which a peacock is the star. And I recently saw a photo of a hybrid in which one side is all white feathers, quite stunning.

Ann, what a lovely story for a summer day! Thank you for sharing the market with us - and especially for that beautiful peacock. I quilled a colorful one recently, but now I want to try a monochrome one! Have a wonderful day!

Peacocks do have so many design options! There are so many beautiful ways you can incorporate them into your work! I love what you did on yours! And your little Farmers market story is great! I love farmers markets, they give me a good feeling!

This is SO BEAUTIFUL!!I love peacock designs too- be it in Mehendi(henna), sand art (rangoli),fabric painting or water painting one can always catch me drawing a peacock. I just don't know how but my brushes just love drawing a peacock....can't stop myself, they are so full of inspiration with all their gorgeous colors!!

This is gorgeous, I love it. I live in Southern California right by a small apple town called Oak Glen and they have a beautiful all white peacock in the farm area and I have seen him all fluffed out a couple of times and even have a few pictures, he really in one of the most beautiful birds I have ever seen.